Chapter 040 Yamuda
After leaving Slan and the others, Ling Feng walked all the way to the northeast without delaying the road. The middle and low-level monster areas in the Warcraft Forest are not very dangerous for Ling Feng. As long as you are careful of some miasma swamps, Ling Feng's journey seems quite leisurely.
Ling Feng still had a deep sense of the Warcraft Forest. After arriving in the ancient continent, Ling Feng opened his eyes and saw the Warcraft Forest. Not to mention the monsters inside, nor to mention some strange plants, terrain, etc., just its area has made Ling Feng realize how vast the ancient continent is.
According to Ling Feng, the scope of the entire Warcraft Forest is about the same as that of an ordinary kingdom. Ling Feng just walked in the northeastern area of the Warcraft Forest and found that this area is not smaller than the three northeastern provinces of China on Earth. Not to mention the five largest empires on the ancient continent, there are more than a dozen kingdoms, and there are hundreds of priests of all sizes. In addition to those uninhabited forests, swamps, deserts, etc., Ling Feng suddenly found that he wanted to travel around the ancient continent, which was a very huge project.
Fortunately, Ling Feng was not anxious at all, and he was quite a bit like walking to the end of the water and sitting and watching the clouds rise.
Along the way, I also met some adventurers, most of whom were in groups of three or five, or more than a dozen people entered the Warcraft Forest to do some tasks, such as finding the fur of a certain sixth-level monster, or capturing some fourth-level monsters, etc. I also met some who were purely trained in the Warcraft Forest. In such a combination, older high-level warriors are usually accompanied by young middle- and low-level warriors.
There are many forests of monsters on the ancient continent. Although it poses a great threat to some residents around it, it also provides a good place for warriors on the mainland to exercise, and in addition, it enriches the resources on the mainland.
Ling Feng casually asked a few people and found that the shortest distance of the Warcraft Forest was not the Tianxiang Duchy Kingdom where Shami Town was located, but the Yanlong Duchy Kingdom adjacent to the Tianxiang Duchy Kingdom on the outside of the northeast corner of the Warcraft Forest. Therefore, after a few days hurried, Ling Feng appeared alone in the southwest of the Yanlong Duchy Kingdom.
Speaking of which, the borders of the Duchy of Flame Dragon are very blurred near the Warcraft Forest. Anyway, if they are connected to the Warcraft Forest, there will be no country attacking the Duchy of Flame Dragon from this area. Because there are often monsters in this area, it is relatively threatening and not suitable for civilians to live in, so there are almost no villages in this area. You can occasionally meet a few adventurers who are preparing to enter the Warcraft Forest, as well as several teams who have returned from the Warcraft Forest like Ling Feng.
So Ling Feng can walk around at will without worrying about getting lost.
After leaving the Warcraft Forest, Ling Feng finally saw a city after half a day of travel. This is also the city closest to the Warcraft Forest in the Yanlong Principality - Yamuda City.
The city wall is quite large and looks relatively sturdy and wide. The height is about seven or eight meters. There is only one city gate on the city wall near the Warcraft Forest. On the top of the city gate, there is also a pavilion-like building, which is three stories high and looks quite magnificent. On both sides of the city gate, there is a team of guards lined up.
Ling Feng compared the city gate here with the city gate of Shami Town that he had only seen before, and felt that the city gates on Shami Town were really petty. This should be the difference between the town and the city.
The function of the city walls on the ancient continent is very important. Cities without city walls are not called cities. Not to mention seven or eight meters high, even tens of meters high city walls are everywhere. Moreover, the walls of all cities almost surround the city and are surrounded by airtight.
Of course, the height and length of the city wall also largely reflect the wealth of the city.
As a small city, it is already very good to have a population of tens of thousands of people in Yamuda City with a city wall of seven or eight meters high. This is a blessing to the Warcraft Forest. The mercenaries passing by here are obviously much more than Shami Town. The trade in the city is even more developed than some small cities of the same level.
When Ling Feng saw those adventurers dragging goods, they usually had to pay a certain amount of taxes according to the value of the goods, which is the so-called entry fee. This is also one of the various important incomes in Yamuda City.
Some empty-handed people can pass for free.
No city on the ancient continent will refuse population. On the contrary, it is very welcome. When you enter the city, you must eat, drink, defecate, and this is consumption. Of course, there are also some poor people who are purely watching the fun. If they walk around the city, they may not spend a copper coin. For such people, the city lord will not refuse. If they do not consume, they can only increase the traffic of people.
Only when there are more people will more merchants come to trade.
Of course, although it is free to enter and exit the city, and there is no so-called household registration, most of the civilians around the city still live in villages. After all, the housing prices in cities are very high for them and they cannot afford to live in urban areas at all. Who makes the gap between the rich and the poor on this continent very large?
Civilians have no force, they rely on some cheap physical work such as farming and mining, and their income is not high. Moreover, in the ancient continent, the prices of food and other products are very low compared to those of weapons. For example, an ordinary family has a monthly living expense of about ten gold coins. If they buy weapons, they can only barely buy a big sword used by low-level mercenaries.
Even low-level mercenaries basically don’t have much money to buy houses and residences in the city.
Many villagers who were destroyed by monsters and some civilians affected by the war had nowhere to go, and they lived in slums in the city. They were basically poor, and houses were very simple, and some tents were even old and leaky. The environment was very bad, and it was the darkest and bottom-level place in the city.
On the ancient continent, almost every city has its own slums, rich areas and commercial areas. In the words of the poor, living in slums is better than wandering outside the city without guarantee of life.
After queuing into the city, Ling Feng walked with great interest while shopping on both sides of the street. Most of the main roads in the small city are very simple, just a few straightforward lines, and most of them lead directly to the city gate.
The same is true for the main road in Yamudali. From the west of the city where Ling Feng came into it, it leads straight to the gate of the east city. This is the largest street in Yamuda City. There are also several main roads connecting the north and south of the city.
Most of the shops on both sides of these main roads are more formal and luxurious. The famous restaurants, shops, and even the mercenary unions in Yamuda City, some large pawnshops and the like are built on the street.
Although he had experienced the architectural style of the ancient continent and the style of some weapons in Shami Town, Ling Feng was still interested in the items in the shops on both sides of the street.
First, in a garment store, Ling Feng bought several sets of simple mercenary suits that fitted, and by the way, he bought a package that could wrap clothes and other fine soft items and carry them on his shoulders. Then, he sorted out a popular hairstyle for mercenaries on the mainland, which was actually short hair. Then, seeing that it was still early and it was not time to have dinner and stay, he moved to a weapon store and prepared to buy a big sword.
In Ling Feng's words: I don't lack money now, and everything is designed to be based on the originality of the ancient continent. I will learn how others do.
Chapter completed!